Everything is narrow here at the center of a castle. Imagine the claustrophobic situation when the enemy has already entered the outer courtyard. Once that happens, you know it’s almost over. I don’t know if that ever happened here, but it certainly happens all over the world all the time. Imagine living a quiet, ordinary life in Syria or in Yemen or …
A life like mine, a life like your’s … and … then imagine how, completely without your doing, your whole world shatters and falls apart. If you’re lucky you are a refugee - and that’s not much luck at all.